Kikk Festival

Name: Kikk Festival 2024 · Namur
Start: 2024-10-24
End: 2024-10-27
Location: Namur

Kikk Festival is an international festival of digital and creative cultures held each autumn in Namur, exploring the meeting points of art, science, technology and society.

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Next edition

October 2026

Location

Namur, Belgium

Format

In person

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

KIKK

About Kikk Festival

Kikk Festival brings together art, science and technology across several days in the Belgian city of Namur.

The programme spans a professional conference with international speakers, an art trail of installations throughout the city, a hands-on playground of interactive experiences, and evening performances.

Talks range across creative coding, data visualisation, artificial intelligence, branding, design and research.

It has grown into a well-established gathering for digital and creative culture in Europe.

Editions

Upcoming

Upcoming
2026
22–25 Oct
Namur
Lineup unknown
2025
23–26 Oct
Namur
4 speakers
2024
24–27 Oct
Namur
38 speakers
Speakers in 2024Speakers at Kikk Festival 2024
24–27 OctNamur
Andreas Refsgaard
Beyond Prompting: Silly Interactive AI
Anna Ginsburg
Aubergines, Talking Genitals and the Oldest Women in the World
Anne Horel
It's Not the Wand, It's the Wizard: A Creative Approach of AI in Digital Art
Anouk Wipprecht
Where Fashion Meets Technology
Borja Martínez
The Sensitive Panorama
Brendan Dawes
On Collaboration
Bruno Ribeiro
Cristina Tarquini
Finding Purpose Underwater
Dasha Ilina
Jordan B. Peterson Thought a Bollywood Film Was AI-Generated
Dr Formalyst
AI, Attention and Intention
Ferdi Alici
First AI Art in Space Human Cell Atlas
Grégory Chatonsky
After the Truth: In the Latent Spaces of Artificial Imagination
Ida Toft
Virtual Museology: The ELEKTRA Virtual Museum - a Case Study
Jessica In
How Architectural Thinking Can Enable Extrapolative Artificial Intelligence for Design
Joanie Lemercier
Anti-AI - Tech Will Save Us (Lol)
Joel Gethin Lewis
Tetralemma
Julien Vallée
The Word for Work Is Play
Juliette Bibasse
Anti-AI - Tech Will Save Us (Lol)
Kurt Hentschläger
Liva Grinberga
Mastering the Art of Forward Thinking
Liza Enebeis
Motion + Sound
Marc-André Cossette
Creating with Artificial Neural Networks: From Micro-Generation to Real-Time Composition Agents
Marcin Ignac
About Variable Design: Data-Driven Artworks and Generative Branding Systems That Constantly Change
Martin Nadal
The Workforce of the Latent Space
Mr Bingo
How I Got Here and What I've Learnt
Naadira Patel
Soft Futures: Digital Imaging Technologies, Community of Practice, and the Potential for Solidarity
Niklas Roy
Vectors, Pixels, Plotters and Public Participation
Pinaffo & Pluvinage
Sand, Paper, Water, Jelly, Smoke and Confetti, How We Ended Up Programming Uncontrollable Materials
Playmodes
«Astres», a Journey Into Playmodes Immersive Visual Music Creations
Robyn Landau
Transforming Design with Neuroaesthetics
Sara De Bondt
On and Off the Grid
Sofia Crespo
Entanglements, Exploring Artificial Biodiversity
Stefan Sagmeister
This Will Be Boring
Talia Cotton
Designing What Doesn't Exist... Yet
Varvara & Mar
Artistic Strategies to Guide Neural Networks
Vulane Mthembu
The Machine Speaks
Wouter van Dijk
Yes/No/Maybe: The Future Is Nuanced
Zala Šeško
Crafting Excellence: Between Chaos and Control
2023
26–29 Oct
Namur
16 speakers

Speakers in 2024Speakers at Kikk Festival 2024

24–27 OctNamur

Andreas Refsgaard
Beyond Prompting: Silly Interactive AI
Anna Ginsburg
Aubergines, Talking Genitals and the Oldest Women in the World
Anne Horel
It's Not the Wand, It's the Wizard: A Creative Approach of AI in Digital Art
Anouk Wipprecht
Where Fashion Meets Technology
Borja Martínez
The Sensitive Panorama
Brendan Dawes
On Collaboration

Bruno Ribeiro
Cristina Tarquini
Finding Purpose Underwater
Dasha Ilina
Jordan B. Peterson Thought a Bollywood Film Was AI-Generated
Dr Formalyst
AI, Attention and Intention
Ferdi Alici
First AI Art in Space Human Cell Atlas
Grégory Chatonsky
After the Truth: In the Latent Spaces of Artificial Imagination
Ida Toft
Virtual Museology: The ELEKTRA Virtual Museum - a Case Study
Jessica In
How Architectural Thinking Can Enable Extrapolative Artificial Intelligence for Design
Joanie Lemercier
Anti-AI - Tech Will Save Us (Lol)
Joel Gethin Lewis
Tetralemma
Julien Vallée
The Word for Work Is Play
Juliette Bibasse
Anti-AI - Tech Will Save Us (Lol)
Kurt Hentschläger
Liva Grinberga
Mastering the Art of Forward Thinking
Liza Enebeis
Motion + Sound
Marc-André Cossette
Creating with Artificial Neural Networks: From Micro-Generation to Real-Time Composition Agents
Marcin Ignac
About Variable Design: Data-Driven Artworks and Generative Branding Systems That Constantly Change
Martin Nadal
The Workforce of the Latent Space
Mr Bingo
How I Got Here and What I've Learnt
Naadira Patel
Soft Futures: Digital Imaging Technologies, Community of Practice, and the Potential for Solidarity
Niklas Roy
Vectors, Pixels, Plotters and Public Participation
Pinaffo & Pluvinage
Sand, Paper, Water, Jelly, Smoke and Confetti, How We Ended Up Programming Uncontrollable Materials
Playmodes
«Astres», a Journey Into Playmodes Immersive Visual Music Creations
Robyn Landau
Transforming Design with Neuroaesthetics
Sara De Bondt
On and Off the Grid
Sofia Crespo
Entanglements, Exploring Artificial Biodiversity
Stefan Sagmeister
This Will Be Boring
Talia Cotton
Designing What Doesn't Exist... Yet
Varvara & Mar
Artistic Strategies to Guide Neural Networks
Vulane Mthembu
The Machine Speaks
Wouter van Dijk
Yes/No/Maybe: The Future Is Nuanced
Zala Šeško
Crafting Excellence: Between Chaos and Control